7 reasons to be excited about the 2016/17 football season..

Football fans across the country will be waking up to the fact England were deservedly beaten by a well drilled and determined Iceland side last night at Euro 2016.

We’ll give that a moment to sink in.

Now it’s time to move on with an unbelievably exciting 2016/17 non-league football season to come. Here’s why:

1) That fresh smell of football in late summer

There is nothing like the anticipation of a new season. Right up to kick-off, everything at the ground has been tended to, the pitch is green and lush, the players have trained hard and friendlies are ‘just friendlies, they don’t matter’.

It’s an unquantifiable smell and feeling that only a hardened football fan will know.

2) Everyone starts at zero

Even the most pessimistic football fan, and there will be more than a few following Euro 2016 will have a slight glimmer that their club can do something special. Whether it’s mounting a title challenge (of which we think a few clubs in Berkshire are more than capable of) or sneaking into the Supplementary Cup Final.

Granted, both used to be much much bigger in terms of teams and divisions but that both keep plugging away offering the opportunity of regular organised 11-aside football to those of us much less able is a wonderful thing. By the way, if you are looking for a club to play for then drop us a note here.

4) The FA Cup 2016/17

The world’s oldest cup competition starts in August on your doorstep. Every season there are heroes, every season one or two clubs dream the dream just a little longer.

And sometimes a former player pops up on national television..

5) Shiny shiny facilities

We’re going to throw this out there, but come October the three East Berks Hellenic Premier League clubs will surely have some of the best facilities in the country.

And there are plenty of local women’s and girls clubs around that could see whole families playing together – indeed Bracknell Town already boast a mum and son duo with Connor Thorndike working through the ranks at Larges Lane and his mum Liz playing an important role for the ladies team.

Who we are

FootballinBracknell is Tom Canning and Darrell Freeland.

Better known as TC and Dudley, the pair spent nearly 10 years running and contributing to bracknelltownfc.com and have struck out on their own covering football in Bracknell and the surrounding areas, from Semi Pro to Sunday League. You can read more about us here.